The Journey to Neuroscience Bootcamp

24 August – 8th September 2013 Rachel Boydell

I originally applied to go to New Zealand for my Travel Bursary application, however, I had also approached Duke University in North Carolina around the same time and asked them if they had anything in the Brain Sciences area which I could do. I was awarded the Travel Bursary and got an offer to go to Duke at the same time. All change and I booked my flights and accommodation for America to attend the ‘Neuroscience Bootcamp’. As the summer went by I got more and more excited about the trip.

The dates of the course got changed which was a bit of a hairy moment, however, Duke very kindly agreed to cover the flight cost changes so that I could still attend. Then in July I was sent a questionnaire link asking which Labs I wanted to choose…incredibly I was lucky enough to get all of the ones which I had chosen! Closely followed by the itinerary which really got me excited… apart from the last day which said ‘Presentation’, now that scared me!!

My daily posts will tell you the rest.

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